I can totally empathize with you. Can't help you with the service provider question. Right now we live in England and the internet leaves a lot to be desired... Looking forward to getting home to the U.S. next year. Before I left the states in '09, I was very pleased with Verizon FIOS, but I don't know if you have that in your area.

My heart goes out to you! I know how you feel - I used to have an older Lan conection and, everytime someone called my place, the internet connection did a "hiccup". If I was just surfing, it was unnoticeable but whenever I was downloading or streaming something... Oh boy.

My provider is Telefonica Movistar- which I think you can't get from the states, but anyway :)

We have the Verizon hotspot which has been nice because you can have internet whenever you want since it runs through the cellular system. The only downfall is that there is a limit on the amount of date you can process. The top end of it is 5 gigs.